[TN-Bird] Sunday Shelby Co. TN / DeSoto Co. MS
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:26:43 -0400 (EDT)
July 24, 2001
Ensley Bottoms, President's Island
Shelby Co.
DeSoto Co. MS
There were 10 Least Tern young on the visible flat at TVA Lake along with
18 B-b Whistlers and 2 DC Cormorants.
At the "Pits" the Mississippi Kites had the shorebirds active and I added
2 Semipalmated Plovers to the list and now there are 3 Lesser Y'legs. Mom
and Dad Black-bellied had their young duckies tucked up under the vegetation
but I could count all three through the scope.
It always amazes me how fast the flycatchers move their young away from
the nesting areas after fledging; I found only 3 groups on a fast drive
around President's Island. I did find Western Kingbirds at 2 new locations.
The
first being a pair at the old Army Depot on Airways.
The second location was just across the State Line in MS, I had been
watching this sub-station for a few years off of 51 Highway and finally
photographed an adult Western Kingbird feeding a fledgling.........another
nesting
for MS.
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Rd.
Bartlett, TN. 38135_ http://WWW.pbase.com/ol_coot/_
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/)
What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens.
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